Kjetil Backen

[SuldalsXpressen]

Thanks, Dilli. Love my melk and kAke! Or mjølk og kaka, as I would write it coming form the western part of Norway.

Eskil

[tanglefoot]

he dilli, ive got coffee on the go, the red lantern lit in the window and topped up with oil, 5 sleepy dogs who have been busy following and looking out for spirit, wolfe has been looking out for lippy, lolly for larry and kirra is hooked on lance himself, joejoe and harvy are snoozign after a big game of jump on the huskies hahaha harvy loves the irod and is spending all his time with me and kirra sat by the 'puter haha..hey those melk and kake sounds yuuuuuuuummy!

[tilstede]

Kjetil left a dog at Finger Lake

[aren]

Does anyone know which dog he left behind and why? There is nothing on Hurdal about it so far.

[Frozen Chosen]

Kj in the tracker lead! Dar goes Team Norway!

[cat]

Kjetil's into Rohn 11mph! Wow!

[Johncn]

Hey All,

Guess the kids better learn how to pronounce his name, eh?

Anybody want to send me an audio file of the pronounciation, or upload it themselves? That would be helpful to the professional media covering the race, as well as our SBT kids.

I mean the guy is in first place, we should try to avoid butchering his name!

Regards,

Johncn

[Di*]

Wake up Motor, we need your help!!

Dilli would probably know too but she's been MIA a lot today, hang in there John and someone will know! I remember having this conversation last year, seems the K is silent? Not sure though, better wait for the expert opinion

[flowerpower]

John, if you go to http://aprn.org/, they have a podcast where they say his name. Don't know if they are right, but it's the best I can think of right off hand. You can rewind and listen to it as much as you want. I know last year they tried to give us some Norwegian phonics lessons, but I'm not very good at that!
Candy

Moderator Added Podcast LInk:

APRN Podcast- Libby Casey

Iditarod Off to a Fast Start
Norweigan Kjetil Backen is in the lead of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. He blew through the Rainy Pass checkpoint at 1:21 this afternoon with 15 dogs. Rainy Pass is 180 miles into the race. Backen has placed as high as third in two past Iditarods as part of “Team Norway.

[Johncn]

So..."Shettle"? Like kettle with an "s"? Do we have indpendent confirmation?

Regards,

Johncn